Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3100, Samuel Dubois, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Dubois, Samuel
R 31 00.
CONTENTS
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State of New York Ulster County ss.
Christopher Dubois of the town of Seneca Falls County of Seneca and State of New York being duly sworn deponeth and saith that he is forty seven years of age that he is well acquainted with Samuel Dubois of the town of Woodstock (being deponents father) that depo- nent lived with the said Samuel Dubois untill at the age of twenty one years in the town of Woodstock that long as deponent has any recollection deponent has heard the said Samuel Dubois relate the events of the revolution and the particulars of his being engaged as a private soldier in said revolutionary war that he has frequently heard the said Samuel say that he had served under Captain Philip Swart at the taking of Burgoin and also at was Shandaken in Ulster County, that he also served under Captain Evert Bogardus and was stationed at Fishkill also on a tour to Scho- harrie under Captain Gantine that he had frequently served for the term of one month at a time on the frontier of Ulster County - that the names of the Officers the said Samuel Dubois told deponent he had served on said frontiers were Captain Livingston Captain Snyder, and A t Myer which is all deponent can at present recollect - that deponent had a conversation with the said Samuel Dubois lately that deponent is now satisfied satisfied that in consequence of his extreme old age, the said Samuel is unable to relate the partic- ulars of his Military revolutionary Services or remem- ber all the services he performed during the revolution and further saith not
Sworn and Subscribed before me } Christopher Dubois this 26 th day of April 1834 }
Henry Weykkoop one of the Judges of the County Courts of the County of Ulster.
I do hereby certify that I am not personally acquainted with Chris- topher Dubois but from the reputation of his former neighbors I believe him to be a man of truth and veracity and his statement entitled to credit
Henry Weykkoop one of the Judges H.C.

State of New York
Ulster County ss. Wilhelmus Emrick of the town of Gauenzie County of Ulster v. State of New York aged Seventy five years being duly sworn deponeh and saith that he was acquainted with Samuel Dubois of the town of Woodstock of said County of Ulster that this deponent was a private Soldier in the revolutionary war in Captain Philip Swarts Company and was stationed with the army of General Gates at the taking of Burgoyne's Army and well knew that the said Samuel served in the same company at the same time that the said term of service was for three months in the year 1777
Also in the company of Captain Gvert Bogardus and was stationed in the town of Fishkill and the said Samuel Dubois served in the same company at the same time that the said service was for the term of two months
Deponent has also served in Captain Moses Cantines Company and was stationed in the County of Schoharie the said Samuel was a private Soldier in the same company at the same that said service was for the term of 6 or 7 weeks Deponent was also engaged as a private in Captain Swarts Company for three months and was stationed in the town of Haveracker County of Ulster and the said Samuel Dubois was in the same company but for what length of time the said Samuel Dubois was engaged deponent does not recollect
And this deponent further says that the said Samuel was engaged in different companies and at different times on the frontier of Ulster County at the same time with deponent but cannot now recollect under what officers or for what length of time the said Samuel was engaged that he has not seen the said Samuel Dubois since deponent saw him in said service as above stated but believes him to be the identical person and further saith not
Wilhelmus his Emrick mark
Sworn and Subscribed before me
this 7 th day of June 1834
Henry Wykkoop one of the Judges of the County Court of the County of Ulster
I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Wilhelmus Emrick who has subscribed the foregoing affidavit that he is a man of truth and verity and his entitled to full credit Henry Wykkoop one of the Judges

⑥ Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress the 7 th June 1832
(State of New York)
Ulster County ss On the twenty fourth day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty four personally appeared before me Henry Wynkoop one of the Judges of the County Courts of the County of Ulster aforesaid Samuel Dubois president of the town of Woodstock of Ulster County aged Ninety Six years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the fol- lowing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7 th of June 1832
That he entered the Service of the United States un- der the following named officers and served as herein after stated
That in the month of July in the year 1777 in the re- volutionary war this deponent volunteered in the Military Service of the State of New York in Captain Philip Swart Company in a detachment commanded by Major John Bartine that he with the said Company rendezvoused in the village of Kingston and went from there by water to Albany and from there marched to Stillwater and Beames Height and joined the army under the Command Genl Gates and was there during the bat- tle was not in any battle and continued in that vicin- ity until after the surrender of the Army of Genl Burgoin and was discharged after a full term of three months for which they were originally engaged received no wid- eten discharge
That in the summer of 1778 deponent was drafted in a company company commanded by Captain Moses Bar- tine Major John Wynkoops Regiment rendezvoused at Kingston and marched from there to the County of Schoharrie in the said State of New York and continued with the said Company and Regiment and continued there about two weeks then went to a place called Harpersfield rem- ained there a few days then returned Schoharrie and remained there a few days and was discharged after a Service of Six weeks or more

And this deponent further says that in the same year deponent volunteered as a Substitute for whom he does not know for the term of one One month under the command of Lt Tobias Myer and was stationed in the town of Woodstock until discharged
Also one month under the command of Lt Martin Hommel and was stationed along the frontier in the town of Shandaken until discharged —
And this further says that he was engaged for one month under the command of Lt Peter Post in the year 1779 and was stationed in the town of Saugerties at the house of one Tobias Wynkoop Also one month under Lt Peter Brink and was stationed at the house of one Longyear in the town of Shandaken
And this deponent further says that in the fall of the year of 1779 deponent again volunteered in Capt Burt Bogardus Company for three months, the company met at Kingston and went from there by water to the town of Fishkill in the County of Dutches & State of New York and there joined Genl Clintons Brigade and continued there until at the end of two two months and was discharged by Captain Bogardus in person
And this deponent further says that late in the fall of 1779 or 80 deponent again volunteered in Captain Philip Swarts Company for three months and was stationed at the house of one Longyear in the town of Shandaken for the protection of the inhabitants on the frontier of the County of Ulster and was discharged at the end of the said term of three months received no written discharge —
And this deponent further says that in the year 1781 he served as a Substitute for One month in Capt Moses Yeomans Company and was stationed at the house of one Major Houghtaling in the town of Kingston
Also One month in Captain Jeremiah Snyder Company and was stationed at the house of

of one Tobias Wuykoop in the town of Saugerties at the foot of the Catskill mountain
Also One month in Captain Livingston's Com- pany and was Stationed at the house of Evert Wuykoop in the town of Saugerties all in the County of Ulster to protect the inhabitants of said County against the Indians and Tories
And this deponent further says that all the forementioned services deponent has actually served in person as a private soldier and either called out or was dis- patched or was a Substitute or volunteered which particular deponent cannot recollect but were called out by the authority of Colonel Johannis Snyder of Kingston yet deponent does not recollect the names of any officers except those already stated nor does remember any other companies Stationed at the time and place - deponent was out on the frontier of Ulster County as a guard to protect the inhabitants on the frontier against the incursions of the Indians Tories who frequent- ly made depredations on the inhabitants in those dis- tricts
That deponent has actually served the above term of four- teen Months & a half in the revolutionary war as a private soldier but owing to his extreme old age and the consequent loss of memory may not be correct as to the dates of said services that he has no document- ary evidence and in consequence of his retired hab- it of and his living in a remote part of the town he does not know of any living witness to prove the same that he has had no written discharge during the revolutionary war
To the interrogatories prescribed by the war depart- ment he answers viz
1 st That he was born in the town of Woodstock County of Ulster & State of New York in the year 1738
2 nd That he has no record of his age
3 rd That he lived during the revolutionary war that he lived

Since and that he always lived and now lives in the said town of Woodstock
4 th That he was drafted was a volunteer and a substitute
5 th That he remembers no officers except those stated
6 th That he never had a written discharge
7 th That he knows Samuel Culver member of Assembly Alexander Hunt Esquire Justice of the Peace and William Deforest all respectable inhabitants of the neighborhood in which he resides who can testify as to his character for truth and veracity and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the revolution
He hereby relinquishes whatever claim every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the
Pension roll of any agency in any state
Sworn to and subscribed the 7 day and year aforesaid before me Henry Weykoop one of the Judges of the County Courts of the County — of Ulster
Samuel Dubois

New York Revo.
Suspended
Samuel Dubois
let to Henry Weymouth
July 25. '34
3100

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
3100 P. O.
Samuel Dutoi
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contra
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

No. 31. 600 Samuel Dubois application for a Pension by Henry Weyukoop Saugerties N. York

State of New York
Ulster County ss.
Hezekiah Wynkoop Junr of the town of Saugerties County of Ulster and State of New York aged Sixty eight years being duly sworn deposeth and saith that in the revolutionary war deponent was acquainted with one Samuel Dubois of the town of Woodstock of said County of Ulster that part of a company of Soldiers was stationed in the revolutionary war at the house of Greet Wynkoop who being deponents father that he saw the said Samuel Dubois as engaged as a private soldier in a company commanded and deponent believes by Captain Livingston and deponent believes him to be the same identical Samuel Dubois who is now an applicant for a pension but for what length of time deponent does not now recollect and further saith not
Sworn and subscribed before me this 14 th day July 1834
Hezekiah Wynkoop Junr
Henry Wynkoop one of the Judges of the County Court of the County of Ulster I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Hezekiah Wynkoop Jr that he is a man of truth and veracity and is a credible witness Henry Wynkoop one of the Judges S.C.
State of New York
Ulster County Clarks ss.
J. Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster and clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Ulster do hereby certify that Henry Wynkoop Esquire was on the days of the dated of the three foregoing annexed affidavits of Christopher Dubois Wilhelmus Emerick and Hezekiah Wynkoop Junior - one of the Judges of the County Court of the County of Ulster duly authorized to take Affidavits &c and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Judges and verily believe the signatures of said Judges to the before mentioned three affidavits and Certificates to be genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this eighteenth day of July 1834
Jacob Snyder Clerk

We William Boice a clergyman residing in the town of Woodstock and Joshua Lasher of the same place — hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Dubois of the same place — who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be Ninety Six years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me
Henry Weykoop one of the Judges of the County Courts of the County of Ulster
W. Boice Joshua Lasher
And I the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Soldier of the revolution and served as he states — And I do further certify that William Boice who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman and that Joshua Lasher who has signed the same is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to full credit And I further certify that the said applicant through bodily infirmity cannot attend court
Henry Weykoop one of the Judges of the County Courts of the County of Ulster
State of New York
Ulster County Clerk's Office Esq: I Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Ulster do hereby certify that Henry Weykoop Esquire was on the day of the date of the foregoing annexed proceedings in the matter of the Application of Samuel Dubois for a pension one of the Judges of the County Courts of the County of Ulster and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge and truly believe his signatures to the foregoing proceedings to be genuine In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this eighteenth day of July 1834.
Jacob Snyder Clerk &c